Category: The Great Outdoors

Posted by Mike Huggins | Feb 10, 2020 | Leisure, The Great Outdoors | 0

‘Pen and paper quizzes, games and dances’: Holiday...

Posted by Douglas Hope | Nov 14, 2019 | Podcasts, The Great Outdoors | 0

Healing Landscapes: Psychology and the Outdoor Mov...

Posted by Melanie Tebbutt | Oct 17, 2019 | Podcasts, The Great Outdoors | 0

Barbara Cartland’s Sporting Exploits Revisited

by Rachel Harris-Gardiner | Jul 6, 2020 | Gender and Sport, Leisure, Motoring, The Great Outdoors | 0

Barbara Cartland: queen of the romantic novel with a passion for pink and traditional values, or a...

‘A village falling into decay’ – How Dunoon Became a Popular Holiday Resort for the People of Glasgow.

by Imogen Allen | Jun 25, 2020 | Archival Research, Student Zone, The Great Outdoors, University of Chester | 0

Introduction Dunoon, is now the largest town on the Cowal Peninsular, however, in 1822, Hugh...

‘For Me it’s Like Magic…’
Stories from The Bike Hive

by Alexandra Park Research Team | May 30, 2020 | Cycling, History of Alexandra Park Manchester, Leisure, The Great Outdoors | 0

This article, which follows on from ‘Cyling in Alexandra Park; [click HERE to read] takes...

A Brief History of British Public Parks before 1870

by Nick Piercey | Apr 30, 2020 | Archival Research, History of Alexandra Park Manchester, Leisure, The Great Outdoors | 0

Introduction In 2020, Alexandra Park, in southern Manchester, celebrates 150 years since its...

Alexandra Park: 150 Years of the Park

by Margaret Roberts | Mar 31, 2020 | History of Alexandra Park Manchester, The Great Outdoors | 0

Parks have always been important sites for leisure since the widespread development of municipal...

The Arcane World of Working-class Canary Breeding in Victorian Britain

by Mike Huggins | Feb 10, 2020 | Leisure, The Great Outdoors | 0

When I was a boy, quite a few coal miners in the pit rows of County Durham kept canaries. Canaries...

‘Pen and paper quizzes, games and dances’:
Holiday making with the Co-operative Holidays Association and Holiday Fellowship

by Douglas Hope | Nov 14, 2019 | Podcasts, The Great Outdoors | 0

This podcast from Dr Douglas Hope, from a collection of short papers on aspects of sport and...

Healing Landscapes:
Psychology and the Outdoor Movement in the 1920s

by Melanie Tebbutt | Oct 17, 2019 | Podcasts, The Great Outdoors | 0

This podcast from Prof Melanie Tebbutt, from a collection of short papers on aspects of sport and...

A Passion for Polo

by Roy Case | Sep 23, 2019 | Team Sports, The Great Outdoors | 0

Not the glistening white spherical mint with the hole in the middle, but the game played on...

Amsterdam and Ice Skating ~ Part 4 ~1937-1940

by Jurryt van de Vooren | Feb 25, 2019 | The Great Outdoors | 0

To read Part 3 of this series – Click HERE 1937 ~ Gonne Donker Gonne Donker was the first...

Amsterdam and Ice Skating ~ Part 3 ~ 1917-1934

by Jurryt van de Vooren | Feb 18, 2019 | The Great Outdoors | 0

To read Part 2 – Click HERE 1917 ~ The Twenty Towns Tour The Zuyder Zee Flood that struck...

Amsterdam and Ice Skating ~ Part 2 ~ 1880-1892

by Jurryt van de Vooren | Jan 28, 2019 | The Great Outdoors | 0

To read the first part of this series – click HERE 1880 – The Oldest Photographs of...

Translate Playing Pasts

Recent Tweets

New today on @Playing_Pasts @rachelwaxinglyr with 'Barbara Cartland’s Sporting Exploits Revisited' �twitter.com/i/web/status/1…FfQg3zR
1 day ago • Reply • Retweet • Favorite
RT @ChloeElen99: A massive thank you to @LlandudnoMuseum for sharing my article on Llandudno’s Theatre history! With it being a difficult y…
1 day ago • Reply • Retweet • Favorite
@LlandudnoMuseum @ChloeElen99 Glad you enjoyed Chloe’s article. There are links in it to the images. She is a 2nd ytwitter.com/i/web/status/1…F9ld
2 days ago • Reply • Retweet • Favorite
RT @ed_odeven: BASEBALL | Yankees Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka Hit in Head by Line Drive in Simulated Game japan-forward.com/baseball-yanke… #JAPANForward
2 days ago • Reply • Retweet • Favorite
RT @idrottsforum: Liam Dyer: The Clerk, the Engineer, and the Doctor: Crewe, Sport, and the London and North Western Railway Company https:…
2 days ago • Reply • Retweet • Favorite

Follow @Playing_Pasts

Category: The Great Outdoors

Barbara Cartland’s Sporting Exploits Revisited

‘For Me it’s Like Magic…’ ...

A Brief History of British Public Parks before 187...

The Arcane World of Working-class Canary Breeding ...

‘Pen and paper quizzes, games and dances’: Holiday...

Healing Landscapes: Psychology and the Outdoor Mov...

Barbara Cartland’s Sporting Exploits Revisited

‘A village falling into decay’ – How Dunoon Became a Popular Holiday Resort for the People of Glasgow.

‘For Me it’s Like Magic…’
Stories from The Bike Hive

A Brief History of British Public Parks before 1870

Alexandra Park: 150 Years of the Park

The Arcane World of Working-class Canary Breeding in Victorian Britain

‘Pen and paper quizzes, games and dances’:
Holiday making with the Co-operative Holidays Association and Holiday Fellowship

Healing Landscapes:
Psychology and the Outdoor Movement in the 1920s

A Passion for Polo

Amsterdam and Ice Skating ~ Part 4 ~1937-1940

Amsterdam and Ice Skating ~ Part 3 ~ 1917-1934

Amsterdam and Ice Skating ~ Part 2 ~ 1880-1892

Translate Playing Pasts

Popular Posts

Recent Tweets

Categories

Archives